Miracle on the Hudson: The Survivors of Flight 1549 Tell Their Extraordinary Stories of Courage, Faith, and Determination - Hardcover
The surviving passengers of a plane crash during which no one was killed describe what is was like during their silent, rapid descent toward the icy waters of the Hudson River, what happened right after the aircraft plunged into the water and how they have coped and pulled together after the averted tragedy.
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"Stunning . . . Open this book and you will not close it until you reach the last page."--Buzz Bissinger, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Shooting Stars and Friday Night Lights "An extraordinary drama seen through the eyes of ordinary people."--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Absorbing, inspirational . . . a detailed, moment-by-moment account of the accident and its aftermath . . . Anyone who remembers the dramatic . . . event will be riveted."--Publishers Weekly "William Prochnau and Laura Parker bring to the passengers' impassioned accounts of survival the old-fashioned values of the finest gumshoe reporters."--Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
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William Prochnau and Laura Parker write collaborative articles for Vanity Fair, where Prochnau is a contributing editor. They interviewed 120 passengers of Flight 1549, as well as many first responders and rescuers. Prochnau, a former national correspondent for The Washington Post, has written three acclaimed books, including Once Upon A Distant War . Parker covered aviation for The Washington Post and spent 10 years as a national correspondent at USA Today. They live in Washington, D.C.
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- PublisherBallantine Books
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0345519949
- ISBN 13 9780345519948
- BindingHardcover
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